Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 153 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 248 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 153 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 248 g
Reihe: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-3-11-162252-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing modern society as essentially unstable and conflict driven. However, it has not seriously studied catastrophe. develops a sociology of catastrophes, comparing natural, social and political causes and consequences, and the social theories that might offer explanations.
A catastrophe is a general and systematic breakdown of social and political institutions resulting, among other things, in what we could call a catastrophe consciousness.
The Greek ‘cata-strophe’ formed the conclusion to a dramatic sequence of strophes. The cata-strophe was the final act of a drama, namely its denouement. Catastrophic denouements are without hope: genocides, military occupations, plagues, famines and earthquakes. analyzes Pompeii, the Black Death, colonial genocide in North America, WWI and the Spanish Flu, and Nazi Germany and finally this century: terrorism, new wars, climate change and pandemics.
As a study of sociological theory, Bryan Turner discusses Spengler’s , Marxism as a theory of catastrophic capitalism, messianic movements, Weber on modernity, and risk society. He concludes by comparing optimism and pessimism, and the idea of inter-generational justice.
Zielgruppe
Scholars and students of Sociology and related areas.
